Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14646, John Dunn, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Dunn, John Mary
No. 14646 B.L. No. 21.813-813-160-55.-
CONTENTS

was taken. In going from Marlborough to Saratoga I went through Winsted, Brookfield. Northampton in the State of Massachusetts, Bennington, and Wilmington in Vermont.
The next next time, I volunteered as a Militia man from said Marlborough and went to Glascow in the State of New York about the year 1778. or 1779 I think it was in the month of September I volunteered for three months and was dismissed before the three months expired but I am confident I never gone from home more than two months. I served this time under Capt. Amasa Emerson of said Marlborough. I cannot recollect the names of the other officers. At the time we went through the same towns (Marlborough) in the other service, and also through Albany. I am confident that this long service from the time I left home till I arrived home again, was as much as three months.
I also served as a Militia man at Winter Hill in Massachusetts commencing in April 1778. I volunteered at this time. Capt. Amasa Sargeant of Malden in the County of Middlesex was my Capt. I do not recollect the names of the other officers. A portion of this time we were guarding stores at Watertown. I resided at said Marlborough when I volunteered to go to Winter Hill. I served at Winter Hill and the vicinity five months.

I have no documentary evidence by which I can prove prove the services of said, and though I have made diligent search and employed a person to travel to various places, to procure the testimony of some person, who was with me at some one, or all the services of said, I have not been able to procure any such testimony. Perhaps I shall be able to procure some such testimony, before the papers are sent on to the War-Department.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Interrogatories filed by the Judge
1. Where, and in what year was you born?
Answer. I was born in the month of May 1761: in the town of Marlborough before mentioned.
2. Have you any record of your age?
Answer. I have not.
3. Where were you living when you entered the service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? Answer. When I entered the service I lived in Marlborough aforesaid, since the revolutionary war. I have lived in the town of said Marlborough, and in the towns of Gardner, Westminster, Limerick, Lancaster and Sterling, all in the

State of Massachusetts, and I now live in said town of Sterling.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? Answer. I volunteered each time.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Answer. I cannot recollect more than what I have already stated.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? Answer. No.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer. Reverend Peter Osgood and Mercantile Deacon Osgood of Salem Sterling, and Solomon Dyer of Lancaster a Judge of the court of Common Pleas.
John Dyer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ss. On this day personally appeared John Dyer, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of July 1832 proceeded to the place of residence of the above named John Dyer, the said John Dyer being duly sworn, and not expected to leave town, and he being through age and infirmity unable to attend Court, and examined him as an affidavit for a pension, and he then and there signed the above declaration and statement in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me which I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after settling the inherent stories furnished by the War Department, that the above named officer was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that Peter Osgood who has signed the foregoing -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Commonwealth, for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the Honorable Solomon Strong, Esquire, is one of the Justices of said Court, and that his signature as testified in the matter of the application of John Dunn, for a Pension, his signature to the certificate of the oath by him administered to David Hayden (which is on a paper hereto annexed) and also his signature to the certificate of the oath by him administered to Peter Ggood, and Alexander Dustin, are all in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this tenth day of September A. D. 1832. Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
I believe him to be the person who took the examination of the witness named John Dunn, in the matter that at the time of the examination he was then and there his true and lawful son and heir apparent and was ever then and there his lawful son and heir apparent and that by reason of the age and bodily infirmity and consequent loss of memory he could not swear positively as to the precise length of his service and what he has stated was according to the best of his recollection. I took his examination on the 28th Feb. 1832. and he died the 29th day of the same Feb.
Solomon Strong Judge C. C. Pleas.

-certificate is a true copy of one resident in the said town of Sterling and that Reverend Doctor Aguirre who has also signed the same is a resident in said town of Sterling and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Solomon Strong Judge B.C. Pheas.
After having made the regular certificate required by the War Department, I hope it will not be considered necessary for me to make, in this case, an additional certificate. I have been well ac- quainted with Peter Davis the above named applicant for twenty eight years. For more than two years he lived within five rods of my house, and was frequently employed by me as a laborer. I have always consid- ered him as a very honest man, and I have the fullest confidence in the substantial truth of the statement which he has made. The circumstances of his sickness are not stated so fully as could be desired. When I took his ex- amination he was unable to sit up in bed, and was nearly entirely without slight symptoms of confusion in his mind, which prevented him from recalling many circumstances, which I have no doubt he would have stated if his examination had been taken earlier. I am intimately acquainted with Reverend Peter Aguirre and Re- verend Doctor Aguirre and know them both to be men of high respectability.
Solomon Strong Judge B.C. Pheas.

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Majah Bigelow
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Worcester Mass

BRIEF in the case of  John Dunn  County of Worcester  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Sep I think In 1777 1 private Gen. Col. Morse Col. Bunker   1778 or 1779 about 2 " Gen. Grafton   " 5 " Gen. Sargant  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Marlborough Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional and one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are not attested agreeably to the regulations nor is the credibility of the living witness certified 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

(Declaration.)
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss.
On this fifth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mary Deum a resident in Princeton in said County aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of John Deum late of Sterling in said County who was a Revolutionary soldier in the Revolutionary war. He served in the war nine months as he informed her. She cannot state the period of his service. She was put on the Pension list. She has not the pension Certificate in her possession. It was sent to Boston when the arrears of her husband's pension

were obtained after his death. She further says that she has no documentary evidence or any other evidence of her husband's service than what is already in the War's Office, and on which his pension was obtained. She further declares that she was married to said John Dunn at Westminster in said County on the twenty eighth day of May one hundred and eighty eight by the Reverend Joseph Rice who was then the settled and ordained minister of that Town. She further says that at the time of her said marriage she went by the name of Dolley Duffer though she has since used the Christian name of Mary and at the time she was married, and since, the name of Mary and Dolley were considered the same name. She further declares that her said husband died at said Sterling on the twenty ninth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty two, and she has continued his widow ever since, never having since been married; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January one hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated. She further declares that when her said husband went into service he resided in Marlborough County of Middlesex, com- Connamoreville of Massachusetts.
Rs. G. Kendall, Clk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss. I, Joseph G. Kendall, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester, do certify, that the Hon. Solomon Strong is one of the judges of said Court - and that his signature to the respective certificates on the papers hereto annexed, is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the seal of said Court, at Worcester, this fifteenth day of September, in the year 1838.
Jos. G. Kendall - Clk.

15.899. Massachusetts John Dunn of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Morse of the Vegt t commanded by Col. Reed in the Me a p t s time for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Me a p t s at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Aug. 1833 and Supt No. A. Bigelow Worcester
Arrears to the 4th yr (No 7) $5 33 32 Per-ant. allowance ending 11 Sep '33 1 33 33 $66 66
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim, } { as of June 7, 1832. } Col. H. H. Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 2, Page 11

1636. Massachusetts Mary Dunn widow of John Dunn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Mass
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 67.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31. day of August 1848 and sent to
Jared Need Petersham Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 41 Vol. 2.
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State of Massachusetts } County of Worcester } ss
15-1970 On this, fourteenth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appear- ed before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Mary Dunn aged 92 years, a resident of Petersham in the State of Massachusetts, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is, the widow of John Dunn deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution; and that her said husband served in the said war for a period of more than fourteen days, and that he was honorably discharged; And she further declares that for the same said services, of the said late John Dunn she is in the receipt of an annual pension; and in confirmation of her declaration of her declaration she has produced before me her certificate for the same of which the following is a copy, viz.
War Department Pensions Division
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 nd 1848, Mary Dunn, Widow of John Dunn, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate

of twenty six dollars and sixty seven cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
{L.S.}
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 31 st day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight W. L. Marcy Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
By F. S. Evans
And she now declares that the represent- ations upon which the above certificate was issued were made in good faith and that they are true.
And she further declares that the certificate or proof of her marriage to her late said husband and the necessary details of her late husband's services — the time when, and the place where he was mustered into service — the term of his service and the time and place of his discharge, were filed in the Pension Office at Washington by her, when she made the

application on which the foregoing certificate was issued; to which facts she now refers in proof of her claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Dunn in Westminster in the State of Massachusetts; that that she is possessed of no certificate of her marriage, but believes it, according to the best of her recollection to have been on the last Wednesday of May A. D. 1788 by one Asaph Rice a minister of the gospel; and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Puffer; that her said husband died at Sterling on the 29 day of July A. D. 1832; and that she is now a widow. She further declares that neither she nor her late said husband ever applied for or received any bounty land for the services of her said husband, from the government of the United States.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d 1855, and she prays that her certificate or warrant for the same, may be sent for her to Dr Samuel Taylor of Petersham Massachusetts.
her Mary X Dunn mark
We Ara Morse and Hannah T. Wymann residents of Petersham in the state of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said

Mary Dunn is in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and we are familiar with the fact that she is in the receipt of an annual pension as the widow of the late John Dunn, and we know from intimate acquaintance with her that she still remains his widow, — and we have no interest in this claim
Asa Morse
Hannah T. Hymen
The foregoing declaration and affidavit, were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year written in the foregoing declaration and I certify that I know the applicants to be credible persons; — That the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim; — and the interlineation of the word declaration on page 3 d line 9 th from the bottom was made before the claimant and the witnesses offered their names
Collins Andrews Justice of the peace

Months      The following is a return of marriages as returned by Dates        the Rev. Joseph Rice for the year seventeen hundred and eighty-eight.
May twenty-eighth John Dunn to Polly Puffer seventeen hundred eighty-eight. Joseph Rice Clerk.
I Edward Kendall, Town Clerk of the Town of Westminster County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Record of Marriages in said Town of Westminster, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on record in fair legible figures as follows: "May 28 th 1748" and in the top the year is in fair & legible figures "1748". Edward Kendall { Town Clerk of said Westminster
I Edward Kendall above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk in the town of Westminster, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of the said Westminster, with the exceptions above named, as certified by me. Edward Kendall { Town Clerk of said Westminster
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester County ss.
On this twenty first day of August eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared Edward Kendall above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me.
Solomon Strong, Judge, C. C. Pleas.

sion on file in this Bureau.
    DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1861-4-22 - Pvt. William H. Seward Read Ill.   1861-11-2 5 mos. Amasa D. Sargeant   1862-10-29 1 or 3 mos. Amasa D. Sargeant   
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension,
Residence at date of application,
Age at date of application,
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14646
Mary Dunn Widow of John Dunn Brw. Rev. Wm
Act: Feb 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 199
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1907 Nov. 12. H. H. to S. H. C. C. 12 m.

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Peterham, Mass. April 2: 1856,
Mr. Commissioner;
I herewith transmit the certificate of the Sec. of State of Mass. of the record evidence of services of John Dunn, — claim of Mary Dunn No. 151.970. — very respectfully. Samuel Taylor.

Br. Oct 2, 1861, No. 118, Mass.
Boston

1175
Massachusetts
Mayhew widow of John Munn de. d.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 29th July 1832 of Worcester in the State of MS. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Morse of the Regt. commanded by Col Reed. in the MS. time for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Nov. 1838 and sent to Pen- sioner Princeton MS.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $66.68 Semi-annual allowance ending May 1839 13.33
$80.01
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. Addison Clerk. Book 4 Vol. 1 st Page 82

Let to Port Master at Prince Inn, Dec 8. 1838. let to Sol o Strong May 28. 1839. - do. do. Jan 28. '39
17 July 39. certificate sent to Gard o Weed Pitenham Mass.

4476.
Massachusetts
Mary Dunn widow of John Dunn who was a Private in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Jan y 1844 and sent to Jared Albee Petersham Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 40.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Collins Andrews on the fourteenth day of May A.D. 1855 was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate of oath upon the declaration, affidavits, and his own certificate hereunto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said day of May , hundred and fifty- five .
County , this twenty fourth , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight J. Mason Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of records in said County, do certify that Ephraim Hinds Esquire is a Justice of the Pleas within and for said County of Mid- dlesex, and that I believe his name set to the Certificate hereunto annexed to be his true & proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the seventh day of May 1833.
E. Phinney.

It is requested that the return may be made to the Applicant - Mary Dunn of Princeton (MS)

I, Joel Cranston of Marlborough in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, of lawful age do testify and say, that I have known John Dunn, late of Sterling, from early childhood; he was born and brought up in said Marlborough; he was a distant relation of mine. I am in my seventieth year, and I know he was older than myself; I think he was about three years older than I; and of course I think he was born about the year 1760.
Joel Cranston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. May 2, 1833. Then the above named Joel Cranston personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me; and I further certify that the said Cranston is well known to me, and is a credible witness, to my best knowledge and belief.
Ephraim Hinds, Justice of the Peace.

We, Stephen Pope, Sullivan Thayer, and John Cotting, all of Marlborough in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, respectively, do testify and say, that we are all well acquainted with David Mayden of said Marlborough; that he is considered to be, and we believe that he is, a credible man, and a man of truth and veracity; and that his statements are entitled to full credence.
Stephen Pope Sullivan Thayer John Cotting
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. May 2, A.D. 1833. Then the above named, Stephen Pope, Sullivan Thayer, and John Cotting, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed, before me; and I further certify that the said Pope, Thayer and Cotting are well known to me, and they are credible witnesses, to my best knowledge and belief.
Ephraim Hinds, Justice of the Peace.

J. Edwards Comr. of Pensions
Mrs. Mary Kunn Princeton Mass.
Princeton Mass. Postmaster says that there is no such person in Princeton & the Agent in the papers endorsed a note that the certificate should be forwarded according to the superscrip- tion on this letter - Some proof that she is alias sh. be reg.!
G.M.C.

Mary Dunn da 4476
admitted
Jared Weed Petersham Mass

Declaration of Mary Dunn.
State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester } ss.
On this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before Jared Weed Esq. a Justice of the peace within and for said County of Worcester, Mary Dunn , a resident of Petersham in said County of Worcester, aged eighty five years, who being duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the second of February A.D. 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of John Dunn late of Sterling, in said County of Worcester, deceased, who was a private in the army of the revolution, but that she is unable to state the company or regiment, in which his services were performed:-
And that she has heretofore received

an annual pension of twenty six dollars and sixty seven cents under the act of Congress passed on the seventeenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witnesses
John D. Dins Jared Weed.
Mary { Dunn Dunn {
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me. And I hereby certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual, who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Jared Weed, Justice of the Peace. Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Worcester County }
I Charles M. Hartshorn Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County and State aforesaid, do certify that Jared Weed on the tenth day of August current was and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this eleventh day of August A.D. 1843.
Chas. M. Hartshorn Clerk

M aj - Petersham October 28, 1843
Hon ble Jas. L. Edwards
Sir - I enclose the declaration of Mary Dunn, in order to obtain a pension certificate - Please enclose the certificate to me -
The early part of Sept r I enclosed to your department the declarations of Chloe Tolman, Sophia Sanderson, Lucy Whitney, Eleanor Houghton, and Esther Gale - The worthy old Ladies request me to enquire when their turn will come.
Very Respectfully Jared Weed -

June 24
Am at
Mass.
Pension Office.
Washington. D. C.

Leominster (Mass.) June 19. 1839.
Dear Sir.
Your letter of May 28 th , 1839, is received. I have received the pension certificates for Joanna Dike  Anna Pinchon and Susanna Lamb . I have been received by me. I wish you to send to me the Certificate for Mary Dunn of Princeton and I will deliver it to her.
Yours respectfully, Solomon Strong.
advised of the result

Princeton N.J. Dec 23 d .
Free
Can. May 2 nd 1861.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comm ee of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Princeton Post Office MS. Dec 3 d 1838.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comt. of Pensions.
Sir.
As a letter was received at this Office, on the first inst e , made at Washington under your frank, directed to "Mrs Mary Dusen Princeton Mass a ". As there is no person in this place by the name of Mary Dusen, to my knowledge, I am apprehensive that said letter might have been directed, through mistake, to the wrong Office. If so you will please direct to what town it should be forwarded. —
Very respectfully,
Yr. Ob d Serv t .
Charles Russell, P. M.

Private. Subj. Maf.
Pension Office.
Washington, D.C.
Adams

Private help meals.
Pension Office.
Washington, D.C.
Adams

Scarsdale (Mass.) June 29. 1839
Dear Sir
Your letter respecting the Pension Certificate of Mary Dunn is received. I was well acquainted with John Dunn and Mary Dunn his wife for many years. For several years they lived next door to me. I made out and authenticated the pension papers of John Dunn. I made out the pension papers of Mary Dunn and they were authenticated in the Court of Common Pleas Worcester County September term 1830. She then resided in the Town of Princeton in this County. Not long after that. I do not know the exact time she removed to the town of Peterham in Worcester County where she now resides with her son. I have sent your letter to Jared Weed Esquire who is her agent at Peterham, and desired him to make the necessary proof before the Judge of

Protote. There is not and cannot be any frame in the case.
Yours respectfully,
Solomon Strong.

5029 Mary Dunn — Declaration.
$26:67 per an
Jared Weed Petersham Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Worcester County, } ss.
On this eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me Jared Weed Esquire, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester, Mary Dunn, a resident of Petersham in the County of Worcester aged eighty years, who being first sworn duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the third day of March A.D. 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Dunn, who died on the twenty ninth day of July A.D. 1832, and who was a private in the revolutionary war, but that she cannot recollect under what officers he served nor can she recollect in what corps he served, nor where he performed the services; and that she received an annual pension of twenty six dollars and sixty seven cents under the act of July 7, 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
The word "sworn" being first erased.
Witnesses John Dunn Jared Weed.
Mary Dunn her mark.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me. And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Mary Dunn, and that she is a person of truth and veracity - Jared Weed Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. I Jos G Randall Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within & for the County of Worcester, certify that Jayd Weed within named is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly qualified, & that the sig- nature to his name within written appears to be in his own hand writing —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester, this twenty first day of October 1843 — J G Randall Clk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. March 31 st 1856.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Dunn is borne on pay roll of Capt. William Morse's Comp. Col. Jonathan Reed's Regt. from Oct. 2 to Nov. 8. 1777 1 month 7 days, as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
March 25 th
1856.
Sir:
The claim of Mary Dunn, for bounty land under the act of the 3d March, 1855, No. 151,978 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of John Dunn, the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole proof, is not considered "record evidence" within the meaning of the act aforesaid. In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued.
Respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
Daniel Taylor Esq. Petersham, Mass.
+ Upon referred to the Secy of State of Mass. as the below alleged and in 77. in the Capt. Minot & Col. Dyer, in 1880 of Genl. Capt. H. Brandston & Sergeant

Declaration of Mary Damm.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester County.
On this eighth  seventh day of July in the year one thousand, eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before Isaac H. Barton Esq d Judge of Probate within and for the County of Worcester Mary Dunn a resident in Petersham in said County of Worcester, now aged Seventy six years her birth day being on the fifth day of April, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration of identity to wit - That she is the widow of John Dunn late of Sterling in said County of Worcester, who died on the twenty ninth day of July A.D. 1832 he then being a revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents by the year; That on or about the third day of September last she made her declaration before Judge Cummings a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in order to obtain her pension in right of her deceased husband: That she then resided in Princeton in said County of Worcester; That soon after she made said declaration she went to Lancaster to attend upon a sick child and then returned to Princeton where she resided till the ninth day of

November last, when she removed to said Petersham, where she has ever since resided; and that she is the identical person who made the declaration aforesaid before Judge Cummings by the name of Mary Dunn, in order to obtain her petition, under the act of Congress of 1838.
Widow Jared Weed
her Mary Dunn mark
John Dunn
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written
Before me Nathaniel Judg. of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester
I John Dunn, of Petersham, in the County of Worcester, of lawful age, depose and say that John Dunn, late of Sterling, deceased was my father; that Mary Dunn above named is the widow of said John Dunn, and is my mother; and that said Mary Dunn removed from Princeton to Petersham the early part of November last, and that she has ever since resided in my

family, and that my father was a revolution- ary Pensioner at the time of his decease.
John Dunn
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County
On this eighth day of July A.D. 1839 Personally appeared before me condemned sath to the truth of the as John Dunn and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, by him subscribed - And I certify that the said John Dunn is personally known to me and that he is a person of undoubted veracity and of moral respectability -
Jared Weed Just: Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester, ss. I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Ima- M c Bratton is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned & qualified - and that Jared Weed is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that their signatures before written are genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of July, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty- nine.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

Memo. of J. Weed

Petersham Mass. July 9 1839
Hon. Jas. L. Edwards.
Sir,
I enclose the declaration and evidence of the identity of Mary Dunn, the widow of John Dunn, a revolutionary pensioner. Her pension certificate was sent to Princeton, where she resided at the time she made her declaration, and from thence it was returned to Washington. She supposes, as she informs me, that the certificate would be directed to the care of Judge Strong of Westminster, who prepared her papers for her - and of course neglected to enquire for it at the Post Office. If the enclosed document is satisfactory to prove her identity and continued existence, you will oblige by enclosing the pension certificate to me, at Petersham , County of Worcester , Massachusetts -
Very respectfully Your Obedient Serv t
Jared Weed -

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Pension Office
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1175 May Dunn adm d 2812 Susanna Lamb adm d Sept 29 Joanna Dike 1995-2392 " " Anne Knowles 1997-2393 Mays

Sturminster (Mass.) May 21. 1839
Dear Sir
I am requested to make enquiries of the following applications for pensions have been passed on by the Department.
Mary Dunn. Princeton
Mrs — Lamb E. Phillipsburg —
Joanna Dike Westminster
Mrs — Snower Westminster.
When the Certificates are granted in the above cases please to send them to me.
Yours respectfully,
Solomon Strong.

Mary Dunn.  1801
Admitted 8 mo. $26. \frac{66}{100}
died 29 July 1832 1832 Preston list

I also Deane of Scarsdale in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged forty years certify and say that I am the son of John Deane late of Sterling in said County who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and who was on the pension list. The said John Deane my my father died at said Sterling on the twenty ninth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty two according to my best belief and knowledge I was not present at the moment when he died died but I left him when it was supposed he could not live but a few hours, and saw him again a short time after his death; and attended his funeral. My mother, Mary Deane, widow of said John Deane, my father, has remained his widow ever since having never since been married. Asa Deane.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County ss. On this thirtieth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared Asa Deane the signer of the above affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same before me. I certify that said Asa Deane is a credible person.
Solomon Strong. Judge C. C. P. 1838. Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Commonwealth, for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the Honourable Solomon Strong, Esquire, is one of the Justices of said Court, and that his signatures to the several certificates on the papers hereunto annexed are in his own proper handwriting and that I have this day attached them all to this sheet of paper, together with other papers belonging to the application of the late John Dunn for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas this fourteenth day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

I David Hayden of Marlborough in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts with thoughtful age testify and say that I know of a certain man of Westfield in Massachusetts commonly known as John D. and for with others in company Capt. Elihu Sargent was my witness Justice Sargent of Haverhill in Essex County being present and several others viz Samuel Pratt, John Dyer & others others than of said others belonged to the same company and I am satisfied  that that he then was was in the line of their company as as was also said John Dyer - understood to general store and I did not know where he went home since he drove a carriage, I suppose, after this but do not know how long.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
David Hayden
Witness my hand this 22nd day of August 1852. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original thereof, and that the same was read by me and found to be correct. The said David Hayden acknowledged before me this day personally an oath and by the laws of the Commonwealth such persons are allowed to affirm. In attestation and authentication of the foregoing, were all made before signing and affirmation.
Before me Solomon Strong, Judge C.C.P.

We the subscribers Peter Ogilvie of Sterling mentioned in the within application and the settled minute of said town and Alexander Dunlop a counsellor at law residing in said town testify and say that for several years we have been acquainted with John Burns now resident in said town that he has always sustained a good character for veracity and it has been the common reputation in this neighbourhood that he was a revolutionary soldier for a few months according to the knowledge of said Peter Ogilvie and for ten or more years according to the knowledge of said Alexander Dunlop and we both believe that he is of the age he re- -presents and that he was a revolutionary soldier in the state.
Peter Ogilvie. Alex. Dunlop
Examiners with a majority of the same. At the County of St February 1832. I have examined Peter Ogilvie and Alexander Dunlop, signed to above statement in my presence and made them call to the truth as above before me.
Thomas Strong Judge C. O. Pleas

8790.
John Dunn.

Seminole Mass. May 9. 1853
To the Honorable the Secretary of War.
Dear Sir.
The papers in the application of John Brown have come back with several objections.
1. That he has not furnished with precision the length of his residence.
In my original certificate I have stated something of his situation when I took his examination, and I have now made an additional certificate respecting the points which I hope will be satisfactory.
2. That I have not certified that Hayden was a credible person. The reason I did not make such a certificate was that he resided more than 20 miles from me and I had no previous acquaintance with him or his character. There is now added the affidavits of three persons as to his character which I hope will be satisfactory.
3. That the papers are not properly authenticated. This the Clerk will correct.
4. That the second interrogatory is not satisfactorily answered. The question is have you any record of your age? The answer is I have not. I do not see what other answer he could make but as the fact he has no record of his age since the papers have come back his son has made further search.

He has been to John Deere's notice been enlarged at every place proper for such inquiry, and can find no record of his age. It is hoped, therefore, that the affidavits of Jacob Branstator which are now annexed will be satisfactory upon this point.
Yours Sir with great respect, Your obedt Servt Levi Nutt
Solomon Stacey.

16 I Solomon Sherry of Lancaster in the County of Worcester and State of Mass- achusetts one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify and say that I have been well acquainted with John Dunn the within applicant for a pension for twenty eight years that during all that time he has sustained a good character for veracity and I believe he was is of the age which he represents and that he served in the revolutionary war as he states.
Solomon Sherry.
Worcester ss. July 24 th 1832. Personally appeared the above named Solomon Sherry and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before him subscribed before me.
Dear Justice Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Alexander Dustin Esquire, before whom the within affidavit of the Honorable Solomon Strong was made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester, and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, This tenth day of September A. D. 1832.
Abijah Bigelow, (Clerk)

THE CARY FAMILY IN ENGLAND. Illustrated THE CARY FAMILY IN AMERICA. Illustrated Either sent by registered mail on receipt of $5.25 THE CARY POEM. By Rev. Otis Cary, D.D., Kyoto, Japan Postpaid 25 cents PUBLISHED BY REV. SETH C. CARY
The John Cary Descendants PRESIDENT, REV. SETH C. CARY (NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE) 12 Brent Street, Dorchester Center Boston, Mass.
Nov. 4, 1907
W 14646
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. D.
Sir: I am seeking information concerning John Dunn , of Massachusetts, who was a Revolutionary soldier, received a pension, which was continued to his widow, Polly (Puffer) Dunn; she lived in Petersham, Mass., & a lawyer, Mr. Weed usually made out his papers.
I wish to know when & where he served; town from which he enlisted, name of parents, age, & any other items that would serve to identify him, or that would give further knowledge of him, & of his service. Whether captured, wounded, or any special service.
I am, Cordially, Seth C. Cary